Salicaceae
Dovyalis

Dovyalis macrocarpa Bamps

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 34: 500 (1964)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central Tropical Africa to NW. Tanzania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bamps, P. (1968). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Flacourtiaceae (1): 1-61. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flacourtiaceae: 1-68. [Cited as Dovyalis spinosissima.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Greenway, P.J. [11,312] Tanzania K:SPC-07298.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0